Eponymy
The genus Goodea of splitfins was named in his honour by David Starr Jordan in 1880; this in turn gave his name to the family Goodeidae.
Species named after him include:
- Bluefin killifish, Lucania goodei .
- Southern eagle ray, Myliobatis goodei .
- Goode croaker, Paralonchurus goodei .
- Quillfish, Ptilichthys goodei .
- Chilipepper, Sebastes goodei .
- Palometa, Trachinotus goodei .
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